Wayne had to be convinced to return when Peyton Manning left down, but he's proven himself more than just a veteran presence on a young team. He leads all Colts in receptions, yards, and targets, and leaves behind a not-particularly-balanced passing attack that relied almost solely on him, T.Y. Hilton, Darrius Heyward-Bey, and TE Coby Fleener.

Andrew Luck knows that if hadn't underthrown that pass, Wayne doesn't get hurt. "I put a lot of blame on myself for missing him," he said in the locker room. "I don’t think there was anyone within a square mile of him."

In his postgame interview, he put it even more succinctly: "It was my fault. Terrible throw."